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Season Three Episode Eight: "Cassidy Revealed" Chapter Two

Sheffield Institute. Morning. Taranee, Cornelia, and Nigel were walking together down the science labs hall when they caught sight of a familiar face. An unwelcome familiar face that they had never expected to see again. "Sandra?" Cornelia blurted out.

"Oh, Cordelia wasn't it?" Sandra replied, her fake accent in full swing, "It's been awhile hasn't it? But perhaps not long enough?"

Taranee glowered at her. "Girl, you've got some nerve showing your face here again." She turned inward and sent a thought to the other Guardians, letting them know.

Halfway across the campus, Will, Irma, Elyon and Miranda were hanging out under a large oak tree. Matt and Martin were with them. Suddenly, the three Guardians' heads snapped up in unison. "Sandra!" they all exclaimed. As one, the three turned and began walking quickly towards where Taranee told them to come. Matt Martin and Miranda raced to keep up.

"Wait, Sandra's back? How'd you know?" Martin asked.

Matt answered for him, "Telepathy. Taranee or Cornelia must've seen her."

"Who's Sandra?" Miranda asked.

"Only the most evil self-centered liar we've ever seen around here." Will answered, "Boyfriend stealing, put-down queen trash!"

"She can't really be that bad, can she? I mean you've given ME another chance, how much worse could she be?"

In answer, the other girls just looked at Miranda for a moment, then hurried on…

Having followed Cassidy home and observed a darkened apartment for half the night, Theresa Cook could barely stay awake for her court proceedings. More than once she fought off the urge to yawn, and when she was thinking, it was less on the case before her and more on Cassidy.

"I've got to tail her again tonight." she thought, "I need to keep it up until I know what's going on with Taranee. But I won't be able to do that without sleep." Theresa then did her best to focus on the case before her, but resolved to delay the afternoon's cases until the following day, so she could go home early and get rested for tonight. With all of these distractions she can be forgiven for failing to notice the two familiar faces watching the case from the public seating…

Hay Lin caught up with Taranee and Cornelia just as the other Guardians also did. "I don't believe it." she said. "Of all the nerve, showing up back here. What is she thinking, is she insane?"

"I still don't get what all the fuss is about." Miranda said.

Sandra noticed the group standing together and boldly walked up to them again. "My my, the barbarian hoard has grown. And all for little me. I'd be honored if you were worth it." She focused on Miranda. "New kid in town? Dear, you'd not look bad if you got rid of those atrocious freckles."

Miranda's eyes narrowed. "I withdraw my earlier question. I see what you mean."

"Sandra, why are you here?" Irma asked, "We all know you're phony! Everyone at Sheffield knows! Why put yourself through what's gonna happen? Why come back?"

Sandra replied, "You know the old song, 'Stand By Your Man?' I stand by mine. My boyfriend gets transferred here, I get daddy to transfer me back as well."

"Boyfriend!" everyone exclaimed.

Judas Ananias strode the halls of Sheffield Institute with the swagger of a boy who knows his own strength and isn't hesitant to use it. His father had arranged for him to attend school here after the army transfer. He moved with confidence, shoving anyone fool enough to be in his way aside. He slammed open the closed doors and saw his girl.

"Judas!" Sandra squealed. She ran to him and embraced tightly around him. They kissed.

"I am going… to be physically…. ill…" Will commented upon seeing the spectacle. Most of the others agreed. Irma made retching sounds as they turned away.

Blunk was delighted. Thanks to Mama, his new home was shaping up. "Funny humans," he thought, "throwing away perfectly good treasures as trash. Worse here than on Meridian. Oh well, human's loss is Blunk's gain."

Mama held up a busted toilet seat cover. "Where you want sculpture Blunky-boo?" she asked.

"It go good in kitchen Mama" he answered.

"And this… uh, Blunky-boo, Mama not know what this is." she said as she held up an ancient ribbon cable.

"Ooh, Mama that's er…. Blunk not know what it is either."

"No matter. Mama bet it look good in bedroom."

"Decorating go perfect!" Blunk thought to himself. "Soon, Blunk invite girls over for housewarming party."

Sheffield at lunch time. The cafeteria was overflowing. As the girls and their respective boyfriends sat down to eat, Martin was nowhere to be seen. "I wonder where Martin is?" Irma asked.

"I just saw him by his locker." Matt answered. "maybe I should go check on him, that new guy was hanging out pretty close by, and he seems like the type to pick on people."

"I'll come too." Irma said. Together they walked out to Martin's locker, which wasn't far from the cafeteria. The hallway was deserted. "He's not here."

"Yes he is." said Martin, speaking from out of his locker.

Matt looked at the locker. "Dude, what happened?"

"Judas happened. Together with Uriah, plus Sandra and the Grumpers looking on. I think they've already formed their own little clique together."

Irma said, "Don't worry sweetie, we'll get you outta there. What's your combination?" Martin told her.

Early afternoon. The Cook residence. Johnny and Frankie watched from the road. "Should's we do it now's Johnny?" Frankie asked.

"Nah. It's too vulnerable like. We need's a chance 'ta hits her when she's aways from her home and family. We'll gets a chance. Keep youse eyes peeled fors trouble. I'm gonna gets some sleep."

"Alrights…. Hey Johnny, youse really tink we's can trust dis Aljax guy?"

"'Course nots. But dat don't matters. Whatevers he wants, I bet's he telled us da truth dis time 'ta gets on our good sides. So we's do like he say, get's rid o da fairies, den ditch him and dis town fo good a'for he asks for mores."

"Dat's a good plan Johnny. Get's youse sleep, I'll watch out."